Baghdad, August 31
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed.

Iraqis walk among shoes lost during a stampede on a bridge in Baghdad on Wednesday. — AFP
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Did the Punjab police behave in a highhanded manner in arresting a journalist in Panchkula?

Asserting that communalism, insurgency and violence would be dealt with firmly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means and dialogue.

HP registering Nepalese visitorsHooda calls for strengthening intelligenceNew Delhi, August 31The Himachal Pradesh Government is registering at police stations all Nepalese citizens visiting the state and keeping a strict vigil on those working in the state in view of Maoist activities in the neighbouring country.

US removes 6 Indian
N-facilities from Entity ListNew Delhi, August 31The United States has removed six Indian nuclear and space facilities from the Department of Commerce’s Entity List, meaning that India can look forward to supply of enriched uranium in near future.

Mob torches
houses of DalitsGohana (Sonepat) August 31In a violent backlash to murder of Gharwal village youth Baljeet Siwach here on Saturday night, a mob belonging to upper castes most of them Jats, burnt several houses of the Dalits situated in Balmiki Colony near Baroda Chowk here today.

Amarinder Singh absent at Payal function
Payal, August 31A chapter devoted to the supreme sacrifice of former Chief Minister Beant Singh for the unity and integrity of the nation in school and history textbooks will soon be a reality following a recommendation by the All India Congress Committee
to the Human Resource Development Ministry.

Mrs Jaswant Kaur, widow of the late CM Beant Singh, being honoured at Payal on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed